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Compensation Management for
Senior Officers and Directors

Conference held in Toronto on February 12, 13 & 14, 2001
Chairs: Kevin Moriarty, William M. Mercer Limited; Raymond F. Murrill, Watson Wyatt Worldwide; Caroline Rhéaume, Ernst & Young; and Jeremy J. Forgie, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Book: over 420 pages of original material
CD-ROM: approximately 8 hours of audio presentations, plus book content

To purchase, please contact Federated Press.

Program management

Challenges facing compensation committees
W. Gary Dobbie, Vice-President, Compensation & Benefits, Royal Bank of Canada

  • Determining and defining corporate governance principles
  • Board of Directors: responsibilities
  • Compensation committee structure and processes
  • Aligning senior management and shareholder interests
  • Managing executive compensation
  • Challenges to compensation committees

Audio: 36 minutes • Overheads

Managing a senior officer and director compensation program
Nicholas Majors, CEO, ActionFront Data Recovery Labs Inc.

  • The fierce competition for talent in the high-tech industry
  • Expansion costs and recruitment issues
  • The high costs of attracting U.S. talent
  • Reducing turnover rates with proper motivation and incentives
  • Competing with established competitors
  • Recruiting and retaining the senior management team

Audio: 18 minutes

Key concerns in establishing officer and director compensation programs
Russell Frederick, Vice-President, Finance and CFO, Wavesat Telecom Inc.

  • The competitive wireless compensation landscape
  • Establishing lines of ownership among stakeholders
  • Managing goals to create congruency
  • Key motivations and compensation mix
  • Stock option plans: vesting periods and retaining employees
  • Remaining competitive: concerns and issues

Audio: 40 minutes • Overheads

Types of compensation

Flexible and creative value-based performance incentives
J. Richard Blickstead, President and COO, RONA Retail Canada Inc.

  • Changing the people paradigm
  • Responding to the marketplace ripple effect
  • Living in a time-starved society
  • The "blur" economy
  • Free agency and the quest for talent
  • The empowered generation and the overlapping workplace

Audio: 52 minutes • Speaker's paper: 1230 words

Trends and issues in executive compensation: paying on the new playing fields
Raymond F. Murrill, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

  • Executive compensation decision making
  • The downfall of the Old Boys Club
  • Strategic compensation programs
  • The new economy versus the old economy
  • Stock option pay programs
  • Dealing with the new realities

Audio: 34 minutes • Speaker's paper: 6622 words

Managing defined contribution SERPs efficiently and effectively
Lyle S. Teichman, Towers Perrin

  • DC SERP plan design
  • DC SERP funding options
  • Investment returns
  • Accounting issues and tax adjustments
  • Settlement of benefits
  • Employee contributions

Audio: 37 minutes • Speaker's paper: 5402 words

Designing, negotiating and implementing custom-designed officer and director benefit plans
Kevin Moriarty, William M. Mercer Limited

  • The compensation mix
  • The design process
  • Income security
  • Retirement compensation arrangements
  • Tax deferral
  • Constructive receipt, salary deferral arrangements and exceptions

Audio: 38 minutes • Speaker's paper: 6661 words

Hot topics

Tax planning strategies for officers and directors taking up positions in Canada
Caroline Rhéaume, Ernst & Young

  • Who is subject to tax in Canada?
  • Tax protection versus tax equalization
  • The deemed acquisition rule
  • Impact of residency status and length of foreign assignments
  • Methods of providing tax-deferred compensation
  • The immigration trust

Audio: 40 minutes • Speaker's paper: 7036 words

Multinational compensation plans
Rod Morrison, Vice-President, Human Resources, Robin Hood Multifoods Inc.

  • Compensation practices outside North America
  • International assignments versus country nationals
  • Focusing executives on the right results
  • Defining multi-country accountability
  • An overview of currency and inflation issues
  • The compensation mix: how much is enough?

Audio: 49 minutes • Overheads

Selected fringe benefits for officers and directors
Sharon Hooper, Vice-President, Human Resources & Corporate Communications, Ceridian Canada Ltd.

  • Executive travel programs
  • Executive demands, balance and benefits
  • Compensation plans
  • Spending accounts and fringe benefits
  • Executive services program
  • A cost/benefit analysis

Audio: 26 minutes • Overheads

Private and public company issues

Stock options in a volatile market
Jeremy J. Forgie, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

  • Recent developments in taxation of stock options
  • Overview of the proposed federal legislation
  • Eligibility under the new federal rules
  • The deferral period and filing deferral election
  • Revised reporting arrangements
  • Directors stock compensation: a focus on outside directors

Audio: 37 minutes • Overheads

Negotiating a senior officer or director employment contract
Barbara A. McCulloch, Vice-President, Human Resources, Ingram Micro Canada

  • The candidate relationship management process
  • Evaluating company goals and establishing key candidate motivators
  • The competitive picture: becoming an employer of choice
  • Corporate value creation and employment branding
  • Highlighting your company's value proposition during negotiations
  • The employment contract: elements and considerations

Audio: 23 minutes • Overheads

How private companies can attract and retain executives in a stock option era
Brian Hesje, President and CEO, Fountain Tire

  • A profile of private companies in Canada
  • Attracting and retaining key individuals
  • Establishing a Board of Directors
  • Selecting functionalities for outsourcing
  • Using equity: the decision to extend ownership

Audio: 30 minutes • Speaker's paper: 1369 words

Director compensation in the realm of IPOs
Donna Farnworth, Vice-President, Finance and CFO, Ad Opt Technologies Inc.

  • Determining and considering your company's needs
  • Establishing a Board of Directors: small private companies versus large public entities
  • Evaluating and selecting components of compensation packages
  • Issues for clarification: attracting directors, target markets and stock listing
  • Using peer company circulars to design and defend fair compensation packages
  • Growth, corporate governance and social issues

Audio: 15 minutes • Overheads

 

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